Captain Planet, the world’s first and only eco-superhero, turns 20 this year! It is hard to believe, especially since I can remember his birthday back in 1990. I was working in the PR department at the Atlanta Botanical Garden when he was born/ launched/ inked. Anyway, in honor of Captain Planet Day, which is Sept. 15, the green super hero[...]
You already know how beautiful Callaway Gardens is, but did you know you can live there? Homes are available as a primary residence or vacation property at a range of prices. Looking for an amazing place to raise your children? Planning to retire soon? Would you love to have a second home that the whole family can enjoy? Callaway Gardens living[...]
Metrostudy recently reported that housing markets across the country are heating up with builders buying lots and subdivisions. This expected to be a trend throughout 2010 as many builders are out or low on inventory and need to start building again. The BIG news for the Atlanta real estate market is that Kolter Homes is buying Levitt and Son’s Seasons[...]
This year, don't just throw away that beautiful Christmas Tree that has been the highlight of your holiday decorations, recycle it! Instead of being taken to a landfill, taking a long time to biodegrade and having a negative effect on our environment, a recycled Christmas Tree will be composted or turned into mulch used for playgrounds, local government beautification projects[...]
There is a gorgeous brick home in Vinings that has recently become a featured home from Atlanta home builder Monte Hewett Homes. Well, what does that mean to you the home buyer? Most importantly, it means huge savings on the incredible green built home. Originally, the four bedroom/three and one-half bath home was priced at $667,840, but is now being[...]
Atlanta's first eco-friendly decorator's show house is in its final week of public home tours. The Greenhaven home, built by Pace Homebuilders, is a three-story, suburban home that features green products, building materials and techniques to make the home as eco-friendly as possible. Greenhaven, located in the Cobb County new home community Chelsea Landing, has LEED for Homes certification and has[...]
Yes, today's weather report is expected to bring scattered thunderstorms, and we have had quite a bit of rain in the past week or so, but we are still under a Level IV Drought Response. And it will probably only get worse considering that from May through September Atlanta hardly experiences any rainy days - it's nothing but smoldering, humid[...]
Even though the recent beautiful weather would lead you to believe Winter is behind us, we are technically still in the Winter season for a very short amount of time. Spring is less than two weeks away! It's an exciting time as flowers will be in bloom and we get to experience the brief period of time when the outside[...]
The Brock Built Green House has sold! Kinshasa K. Williams closed on the EarthCraft home in West Highlands on Dec. 31, 2008. If you'll recall from last summer, the Green House represents many donated hours and products from a myriad of metro Atlanta companies as they worked together to create a new home in Atlanta that was the epitome of[...]
Another prestigious recognition has been given to Atlanta's largest intown home builder, Brock Built. This time, the award was honoring their devotion to building energy-efficient new homes in Atlanta that meet the standards of EarthCraft House. At a ceremony held on Thursday, February 19th, the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and Southface Energy Institute named Steve Brock, President and founder[...]